Turns 4-5-6-7-8 are now done I even have the base colors and guard rails down.. Pit row has the front wall in and I now have to take a poll.....what color do I paint the track? I was thinking a light primer grey..Anything but black thats definatly not going to happen....lol..


Dave

P.S. I also picked up all the LEDS and PT's to build the lap timmer.. we should have a poll on how long it takes me to take them out of the package...

For everyones Info and refrence.. the LEDS Photo Transitors and resistors to build a timing gantry cost me $9.08 complete...enough to do 4 lanes...even though I am only doing 2 all bought at radical shack...

back to work for me.. later slotheads..

Dave

Krylon Primer Gray!

Gotta put up some pictures Dave. I vote for Dayglo-Orange.





(or gray)

Orange.. yikes.. mind ya the cars would stand out.. lol.. I think the krylon primer gray sounds good.....

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Dave:
Shoot us some pics when you get a chance.I'd love to see what you came up with.

As far as painting the track,I've done a small section of my layout with the Krylon grey primer.I'm not exactly thrilled with the coverage I got in the slot tho.It's hard to get it covered without making the paint way too thick.I noticed on some of the tracks I painted,some of my cars would drag in the slot.I had to carve them out a bit to fix that.

I haven't done it yet,but I think if you do an overspray on the gray base,you could get a more realistic pebble effect.
Maybe hit it with some white,black,and some pink and brown.

It's hard for me to get anything done on my track lately as I have been having WAY too much fun turning laps.

Mike

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and if you used grease you would likely have spots where the paint wouldn't bond.

Has anyone tried using any of that textured spray paint?

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Maybe mask off and paint the rail to slot section a close matching solid color then reverse the mask for the texture?

Has anyone tried using any of that textured spray paint?

Here is a 1/32 track with speckled paint...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/wetcoastracing/Img0012.jpg

Thanls for the advice I have a few shots ready sooo.... Shot 3 shows why Eddie Irvine no longer drives in F1.. a few too many eh lad!


Dave

maybe you could paint a base coat and sponge the topcoat on come on guys dont tell you your wives and girlfriends dont make ya watch diy tv lol

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maybe you could paint a base coat and sponge the topcoat on come on guys dont tell you your wives and girlfriends dont make ya watch diy tv lol
LOL no comment

that's why there's a tv downstairs.

Coach, could you post some larger pics so we can see the nice detail on your wonderful new creation? It looks very impressive.


I would if I could.. lol.. I will actually put up a webpage when I have a bit more done with the option to view pics in full size.. I have trouble posting decent sized pics here...If anyone can guide me through I can do it here sooner.. I work slow..lol...

and thanks

Dave

Any updates Coach? Still worried about you possibly leaving me stranded in N. Texas. Any word on that possible move?

If anyone can guide me through I can do it here sooner
Dave


Who do you use for pic hosting? I use photobucket.com , try not re-sizing your pic's, take them as large as possible, photobucket also has a re-sizing option, just leave it alone. I'm still expiramenting with it. Hope this helps.

btw, photobucket is free.

Dave:
Shoot us some pics when you get a chance.I'd love to see what you came up with.

As far as painting the track,I've done a small section of my layout with the Krylon grey primer.I'm not exactly thrilled with the coverage I got in the slot tho.It's hard to get it covered without making the paint way too thick.I noticed on some of the tracks I painted,some of my cars would drag in the slot.I had to carve them out a bit to fix that.

I haven't done it yet,but I think if you do an overspray on the gray base,you could get a more realistic pebble effect.
Maybe hit it with some white,black,and some pink and brown.

It's hard for me to get anything done on my track lately as I have been having WAY too much fun turning laps.

Mike

When spary painting or brush painting plastic track buy some window screen rubber edging and put this in the slot. The tool you use to insert this in a screen works very well here.

Roger Corrie